The irrelevance increases by the minute

U.N. Squawks at Thailand's Rout of Muslim Terrorists:

The United Nations' human rights chief demanded Friday that Thailand investigate clashes in the south of the country that killed at least 113 people.
The investigation should be "swift and transparent," said Bertrand Ramcharan, the acting U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Security forces in southern Thailand killed 108 people, mostly young men wielding machetes, who attacked police and army posts on Wednesday. Three policemen and two soldiers were also killed in the bloodshed, the worst in years in Thailand.

Under U.N. treaties, security forces are "required to refrain from using force exceeding that strictly required by the exigencies of the situation," Ramcharan said. He said immediate action should be taken to ensure that everyone involved, including prisoners, are guaranteed their human rights.

Thanks for the advice, Bertie! Maybe next time they'll let you hold off the machete wielding wackos with just your snappy patter.

And here's some fun from Marni Soupcoff - Bored? Create a Better Planet:

If you're bored this spring or summer, not sure how to spend a free evening or Sunday afternoon, why not celebrate humanity?

Sounds like a real gripper - tell me more.

Okay, I'll admit, it probably won't be as fun as weeding the garden or picking the dirt out of your fingernails, but it's bound to be interesting. And since UNESCO--the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization--is backing the humanity-celebrating enterprise of which I speak, you know it's going to be so tolerant, sustainable, and culturally diverse that you won't be able to turn away from it any more than a horrified bystander can wrest his attention from a bad car wreck.

Aw, not those UNESCO idiots again!

If you don't know what event I'm talking about, give yourself a pat on the back. You've clearly been neglecting your Guardian and have, therefore, managed to avoid the ridiculous news of the leftist activist crowd's latest efforts, a Universal Forum of Cultures set to open in Barcelona on May 9.

Road trip! The UN bureaucrats and their accompanying dung flies haven't had a hoedown in ages!

The Forum, according to a press release issued by its organizers, is "an unprecedented gathering of people from all societies to spontaneously and freely participate in creating a better planet based on the principles of cultural diversity, economic sustainability, and world peace."

Whatever it is, I don't think it's like getting a real job. Anyhow, Marni hits the Fourm website to find out what's in store for attendees.

For one, there will be "special foods for sufferers of gluten intolerance," which is always a crowd pleaser. Maybe if attendees are lucky, the crowd will even convene a free and spontaneous dialogue session about why people aren't more tolerant of gluten in the first place. Other highlights include a UN Environment Project/UNESCO exhibition that promises to "show that it is 'in' to 'be sustainable'" and a U.N.-sponsored "Peace Camp" that is "conceived for the children of today, who will have to manage the effects of globalization in 2015" (emphasis most certainly not mine).

Maybe they get to wear Young Pioneer uniforms!

Whether the Forum has anything worthwhile to say, however, is a different matter. There are dozens and dozens of "dialogues" planned for the event on a wide variety of topics, but it's almost laughably clear that the organizers have already come to their own conclusions before the discussions have begun. The globalization forum advises: "we all have a stake in ensuring responsible corporate stewardship in reducing the harmful side-affects [sic] of global economic development." The cities forum urges: "Do your part to ensure that civically conscious design shapes a meaningful urban environment before sprawl continues unabated."

That sure trips off the tongue, doesn't it? Now I know where all the slogan writers went when the Communists imploded.

Clearly, no one on the left need worry that these inclusive dialogues said to represent every member of society might result in a free-market, or even a creative, solution to any problem. However, they'll provide great future opportunities for leftist activists to claim that their views are representative of those of the people of the world community. Plus, the dialogues will be a really good time to hawk the gluten-free snacks.

Also no word on a vote of thanks to the American taxpayers for funding this nonsense. But what I really want to know is where do they find the wingnuts who think this stuff up? Wait, don't tell me! I'm suspicious that this is what modern higher education amounts to and I couldn't stand the disillusionment.